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Brierfield Furnace Pits

Past Producer in Bibb county in Alabama, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100231
MRDS ID W030683
Record type Site
Current site name Brierfield Furnace Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -86.93943, 33.03905 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bibb(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aldrich(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Birmingham South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Birmingham(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cahaba(hydrologic unit)

Alabama(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Bibb

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024N 011E 26 CENTER OF NW Alabama

Comments on the location information

  • IN PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF FURNACE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -86.93943, 33.03905
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, IN SMALL POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner General Gorgas
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kimberly Clark - Leased To Bibb County For Use As Park.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1911, IRON ORES IN THE MONTEVALLO COLUMBIANA REGION ALABAMA: U.S. GEOL SURVEY BULL 740, P. 215-230.

  • Deposit

    BUTTS, CHARLES, 1940, DESCRIPTION OF THE MONTEVALLO AND COLUMBIANA QUADRANGLES (ALABAMA): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS FILIO 226

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Clarke, Otis M. Jr. Alabama Geological Survey

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